There really are times when life imitates The New Republic. These are rarely pleasant or laudable times; but it does happen. A recent play in Brazil’s opening World Cup match vs. Croatia reminded me a lot of a recent article by Alec McGillis in TNR. I’ll describe each and you’ll immediately see the resemblance. In the soccer game that pitted Brazil vs. Croatia, Brazilian Forward | Read More »

On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the World Cup, Eric Cantor’s shocking loss and what it means for the GOP’s relationship with Big Business.

[Editor’s Note: Mark Ramsey is a member of the Texas State Republican Executive Committee (SREC), was a member of the 2014 State Platform and Resolutions Committee in Ft. Worth, and wrote the amendment that passed overwhelmingly, but was ultimately replaced by an amendment by substitution plank similar to the Minority Report.] What a wild week at the largest GOP gathering on our planet! When I | Read More »

Barack Obama showed weakness when he even floated the possibility that America would turn our control of ICANN over to other countries. Down in Brazil they’re all over that idea (the anarchists are claiming they want a non-governmental control, but look, in a world with Russia and China, and even the EU countries like Germany having ‘national champions’, that’s not happening). India’s game, too. Republicans, and heck it’d help if Democrats did it to, must signal that the next President will not let this happen.

As I mentioned Friday night, I had so much to cover I was breaking up Tech at Night into two parts. This is part two.

Remember when I called out Wikileaks for abandoning their ally Edward Snowden in Russia? They claimed he had settled there and their job was done, but I knew better. Well, here’s the proof that they’ve used him up and thrown him away: he’s still trying to get out of Russia, this time to Brazil. Spying for Wikileaks doesn’t even pay.

On today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by George Landrith to discuss a new Defense Department contract awarded to a Russian company with ties to Syria, a recent case where DOD picked a Brazilian supplier over a superior American company, and if there may be a connection between the White House and the Pentagon’s foreign contracts.

We just had another couple of installments in the long, inglorious anti-free market saga that is the United States Farm Bill. First there was: (Democrat) Senate Passes Farm Bill A huge cacophony of Food Stamp welfare spending: Farm Bill Follies: 80% of $955B for Funding of Food Stamps And farm market protectionism: US Farm Bill Gives Generous Subsidies to Agribusiness The Republican House then took | Read More »

Unwinding the government’s crop protectionism regime has been a 30+ year-long nightmare mess. We who wish to make it all go away have in that time gotten absolutely nowhere in our attempts to do so. A political numbers-reality has existed throughout that has made progress impossible. Nearly every Democrat will always be for just about any government program – of course including crop subsidies. On | Read More »

We want less government domestically. Sometimes, that requires less government elsewhere in the world. Most of the time, we (rightly) cannot affect that change. Thankfully, when it comes to trade policy, we can. For instance, We the People now have a sugar tariff regime. Shocker – anti-free market protectionist practices beget results diametrically opposite of their intent. Smoot-Hawley, anyone? Engaging in a Big Government war | Read More »

Everyone admits there’s a spectrum crunch, and on the right and left of the FCC they say it’s a difficult question of how to transfer spectrum to alleviate it. Greg Walden is right though that this is good “if implemented well.” Bruce Mehlman of iia calls it “a terrific start” and that’s also true.

Sifting through the rubble of weakened nationalism, remnants from the steep learning curve of a dogmatic, bereft-of-centricity ideologue are the harsh reality the next President of the United States inherits as part of rebuilding all that’s been compromised in the disquieting four years of Barack Obama. Developing America’s natural energy resources, tapping into the most innovative minds and cognizance leading to job creation will be unharnessed. | Read More »

The greatest threat to America’s prosperity has arrived in the form of inflation and high gas prices. Extreme short-sightedness by the Left has prevented us from developing new, affordable energy sources, instead implementing draconian drilling restrictions and siccing bureaucrats on American industry and manufacturing. As a result, energy prices have skyrocketed, jobs are moving overseas, and the economy is stagnating. American families can ill afford | Read More »

Similarities of events (patterns) warrant a re-examination of the consequences. For example, when liberalization of energy production options in the United States produces a renaissance in nuclear power generation approvals interest as a viable power generation strategy, and The One actually approves off shore drilling, it seemed that the U.S. was on its way to a Brazil like strategy of finally becoming its own producer | Read More »

From the diaries, by Erick I’m not entirely sure what scares me more about Then-Senator, now President Barack Obama’s speeches during the campaign. There are the untrue and completely ridiculous things the man said he was promising. Because if we are willing to work for it, and fight for it, and believe in it, then I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will | Read More »

From the diaries, by Erick I’m not entirely sure what scares me more about Then-Senator, now President Barack Obama’s speeches during the campaign. There are the untrue and completely ridiculous things the man said he was promising. Because if we are willing to work for it, and fight for it, and believe in it, then I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will | Read More »